Shaving-brush.



E. C. RIPLEY.

SHAVING BRUSH.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. so, 190s.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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W u h n m EA'RLE C. RlPLlCY, OF SHERMAN, NEW YORK.

SHAVING-B RUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedfApnl 27, 1909.

Application led November 30, 1908. Serial No. 465,010.

'o all 'whom it may conce/rn.'

Be it known that l, EARLE C. RiPLEY, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Sherman, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Shaving-Brush,0f which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shaving brushes and more particularlyv to that class of shaving brush known in the art as fountain brushes.

'erted on the brush handle.

A still lfurther object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and l efliciency as well as toreduee the cost of manufacture. i

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in'form), proportions and minor details of construction may he resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

ln t e accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification z--Figure 1 is a longitudinal-sectional View of a fountain shaving brush constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view show. ing the brush handle removedv from the plunger and forming a housing for the brush )rist es. of the soap-holding cartridge removed with the lugs or closures in position. Fig.` 4 is a simi ar view illustrating a modified forni of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding p'arts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved shaving brush forming the subject matter of the present invention com'- prises a casing or housing 5 preferably cylindrical in shape, as shown, and having its interior walls threaded at 6 for Lengagement with a brush-head 7, carrying the. bristles 8.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewv The interior ol the casing 5 forms a chamber or magazine for the reception of a cartridge 9 adapted to contain a quantity of soft soap, which latter is fed to the brush bristles in the manner hereinafter described. Theeartridge Sl comprises a cylindrical shell preferabi)v formed of glass and having` one end thereof closed by a cork 10 and its op )osite end provided with a closure 11, the atter constituting a plunger for feeding the. soappaste to the brush bristles when the cartridge is placed iii the casing 5. The plunger 11 is provided with areduced extension 12 to the peripheral edge of which are secured locking` pins or studs 13 arranged to enter suitable bayonet slots 14 formed in the brush handle 15. The brush rhandle 15 is preferably' hollow and passes through an opening 16 formed in the top of the casingI 5, there being a flangel 17 surrounding the opening 16 and adapted to bear against the upper edge of the cartridge Q for loclringtilie ,latter within the casing. i

The upper surface of the brusli-head 7 provided with an annular shoulder 18 on which the lower edge of the cartridge 9 rests, there being an opening 19 formed in the center of the head 7 for the receI tion of a iiexible tube 2() through which tie soft paste in the cartridge 9 is fed to the bristles 8. That portion of the head 7 between the shoulder 18 and opening 19 is preferably inclined or beveled, as indicated at 21 in orderto assist in feeding the soft paste to the tube 20.

The head 7 is provided with a depending extension 22 having spaced pins or lugs y23 secured thereto for engagement with the bayonet slots in the handle 15 when the latter' is removed from the plug 12 and positioned over the brush bristles for the purpose of housing and protecting said bristles.

In loading or charging the brush the casing 5 is unscrewed from the head 7 and the ear tridge 9 positioned within the casing, the closure. 10 of said cartridgebeing first removed. The casing 5 is then threaded on the head 7 of the brush and the handle 15 passed through theopeningl in said casing and partially rotated so' as to cause the pins 13,011 the plunger to enter the/ slots in said handle. With the parts in the position ushown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, a slight longitudinalpressure exerted on the handle 15 will force the soa -paste through the tube 2() onto the brush ristles so that by dipping the bristles in water and then a plying'the same to the face, an excellent latliier may be had. When the brush is not in use the bristles thereof may be readily housed and protected by detaching the handle 15 from the plunger 12 and causing the slots in said handle to engage the pin or lugs 28 on the head 7, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Attention is here called to the fact that the cartridge 9 by engagement with the flange 17 and shoulder 18 is positively locked against accidental displacement, while the plunger 11 forms a closure for one end of the cartridge when the latter is removed from the compartment in the brush casing.

By reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be seen that the extension 12 of the plunger forms a stop shoulder 24, which, by engagement with the lower face of the ange 17 serves to limit thelongitudinal movement ofthe plunger and thus prevent accidental withdrawal of the same.

In-Fig. 3 of the drawings .there is illustrated a modified form of the invention in which the cartridge 9 is dispensed `with, the soap-paste being placed directly in the com- -partment or chamber 25 of the easing 5, the

plunger 11 being guided in its longitudinal movement by engagement with the interior Y walls of said casing.` In this form of the device the handle 15 is detachably combined with the plunger by roviding the parts with interengaging threa S26, there bei ng similar threads 27 formed on the extension of the brush head for engagement with the handle 15 whendthe latter is removed from the plug 11 and lacedy over the brush bristles to house and) protect the same.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. A shaving brush including a casing having asoap-receiving chamber and provided at one end with an opening defining an inwardly extending flange, the opposite' end of the casing being threaded, a brush-head engaging the threaded portion of the casing and rovided with an opening leading to the rush-bristles, a hollow handle slidably mounted in the opening in said casing and provided with a plunger for feeding the soap through the opening to the brush-bristles, said handle when detached from the plunger forming a housing for the brush-bristles.

2. A shaving brush including a casing' provided with a soap-holding chamber and having one end thereof provided with an opening defining an inwardly extending flange, a brush-head secured to the opposite end of the casing and provided with an opening in com- Amunication with the soap-holding chamber,

and an operating handle passing through the o ening in the casing and provided with a p unger for feedin the soap throggh the tube to the brush brist es, said iange by engagement with the plunger serving to limit the longitudinal movement of the handle.

:3. A shaving brush including a casing having one end thereof provided with an opening defining an inwardly extending flange, a brush head forming a closure for the opposite end of the casing and provided with an opening, a tube seated in' said opening and disposed between the brush bristles, a soap holding cartridge arranged Iwithin the casing, a handle slidably mounted in the opening in the casing, a plunger' secured to one end of the handlefor feeding the soap through the tube to the bristles, said iiange serving to lock 'the cartridge against accidental 'displaceinent.

4. A shaving brush including a casing having one end thereof/provided with an opening defining an inwardly extending iiange and its opposite end threaded, a brush head engaging the threaded portion ofthe casing and provided with an opening leading. to the brush bristles, a soap holding cartridge disposed within the casing, a handle slidably mounted in the opening in said casing and provided with a plunger for feeding the soap through the opening to the brush bristles, said handle when detached from the brush forming a housing for the brush bristles.

5. A shaving brush including a casing having one end thereof provided with an opening defining an inwardly extending iange and y inclined in the direction of the latter, a soap holding cartridge disposed within the casing,

a handle slidably mounted in the opening in said casing and provided with a plunger for feeding the soap to the brush bristles, said flange serving to lock the cartridge in engagement with the shoulder on the brush head.

6. A shaving brush including a casing having an opening formed in one end thereof, a

brush-head forming a closure' for the other end of the casing and provided with anopening leading to the brush bristles, a soapholding cartridge disposed within the casing,

a plunger slidably mounted in the cartridge and provided with laterally extending pins, a handle having bayonet slots for engagement with said pins, and pins extending laterally from the brush-head for engagement with' the bayonet slots in the handle when the latter is detached from the plunger.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EARLE C. RIPLEY.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. vVHrrNEY, F RED G. SAXTON.. 

